AIRBUS ACHIEVED RECORD AIRCRAFT DELIVERIES IN 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- Airbus delivered a total of 498 aircraft in 2009.

This is a new company delivery record for a single year and is 15 more
aircraft when compared with 2008, Airbus said in a statement Wednesday.

The figure includes 402 A320 Family aircraft, and 86 A330/A340s, which are
both records for a single year, along with 10 A380s.

Airbus Military, the military aircraft division of Airbus, delivered 16
light and medium transport aircraft.

"Despite challenging market conditions, Airbus also reached its order
intake target.

"Overall, Airbus won a total of 310 orders gross (271 net), valued at
US$34.9 billion gross (US$30.3 billion net) at list prices, or 54 per cent of
the worldwide market share of aircraft beyond 100 seats," Airbus explained.

The new orders included 228 A320 Family aircraft and 78 A330/A340/A350 XWB
Family aircraft, and four new orders for the A380.

At the end of last year, Airbus had a total order backlog of 3,488 aircraft,
valued at US$437.1 billion, or equalling six years of full production.

-- BERNAMA